Hello again, all, I made a mistake with the two FDC Letter of Intent office hour times. The two times are actually: * Wednesday, May 29 at 0:00 UTC (which is Tuesday still in some parts of the world), and * Wednesday, May 29 at 15:00 UTC Sorry about that--I am usually better at navigating time zones. :) Hope to see some of you there! Katy On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Katy Love <klove(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear members of the Wikimedia community, > You will have seen an email recently from Patricio Lorente and Jan-Bart de > Vreede, the Board Reps to the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC), about > the FDC's new Letter of Intent process. The Letter of Intent (LOI) is the > first step in applying for funds from the FDC, as outlined in the FDC > Framework. [1] This upcoming year (2013-2014) will be the first time we > institute the LOI process. As you heard from them, we anticipate the LOI > will be a helpful planning tool for the FDC as well as offering us a chance > to begin working with entities in advance of the FDC proposal deadline. We > hope it will allow us to work closely with applying entities and to address > questions and concerns (and clear up any misunderstandings) significantly > before the proposal deadline. > Interested entities must submit an Letter of Intent in order to apply for > FDC funding. For Round 1 of 2013-2014, the LOI is due on June 8. The LOI > asks potential FDC applicants to state their intentions to apply and to > include a notional dollar figure (or local currency figure). The Letter > of Intent can be created on the FDC portal [2], and a sample is here for > your reference [3]. The LOI is non-binding, but it is required in order to > be able to submit a proposal for Round 1. > In anticipation of the LOI's June 8 deadline, the FDC staff is holding > office hours twice to respond to questions. We welcome entities considering > applying for Round 1 funding to join us. Our two office hours will be held > on #wikimedia-office on: > * Tuesday, May 28 at 0:00 UTC > * Wednesday, May 29 at 15:00 UTC *Correction*: * Wednesday, May 29 at 0:00 UTC * Wednesday, May 29 at 15:00 UTC > These two sessions will have the following agenda: > 1. Introductions > 2. Brief explanation of the FDC > 3. Explanation of the purpose of the Letter of Intent and general FDC > proposal process > 4. Q&A on the LOI > And finally, for your reference, here is the 2013-2014 Round 1 proposal > process [4] schedule: > - *Letter of Intent deadline for Round 1: 8 June 2013* > - Deadline for WMF Staff to post eligibility: 15 July 2013 > - Deadline for entities to meet eligibility requirements: 15 September > 2013 > - Proposal submission deadline: 1 October 2013 > - Community review period: 1 October - 31 October 2013 > - Staff assessment deadline: 8 November 2013 > - FDC recommendation due: 1 December 2013 > - Board decision due: 1 January 2014 > As always, contact us questions or requests for support: > FDCsupport(a)wikimedia.org. > Warm regards, > Katy and the FDC support team > [1] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_… > [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Sample_letter_of_intent > [4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposal_process